The crowd cheered lustily as Gavadiol stepped back. He had barely broken a sweat.
But now new characters were involving themselves in the situation.
"Make way this instant!" A voice boomed. "What's happening here for goodness sake?"
Gavadiol looked around to see a uniformed man striding up. At the same time, another fellow hurried up from beyond the stage.
"What's happening here?" He echoed. "What have you done with my fire eater? You brute! Sheriff, arrest him."
Gavadiol opened his mouth to defend himself but Terrilo stepped in before he could say a word.
"Manager please you weren't here. Konstantin attacked him first. He was merely defending himself."
There were several loud shouts of assents from the crowd.
"She's right Sheriff!"
"We saw the whole thing unfold."
"The big lad just got his ass handed over to him despite being the instigator!"
Then there were a couple of other comments a

It was quite late by the time the circus show finished but Gavadiol did not join the crowd of people thronging out to their homes and their beds. He had been promised a tour by Terrilo Sommers and he intended to see that he at least waited long enough to redeem it.
After a while, Terrilo popped back on the stage. 
"Gavadiol," she exclaimed pleased. "I wasn't sure if you were still here."
She had changed from the athlete attire back in what he now knew to be their regular wear.
"So what do you think?" She asked, spreading her arms expectantly. "Was the show nice? Did we do okay at least?"
Gavadiol could not believe his ears. "Are you kidding me?" He cried. "That has to be the best thing I've ever seen in my life."
Terrilo glowed. "I'm glad you liked it." She rushed forward and grabbed his arm. "Come, let me give you a tour around." 
Gavadiol went with her. The circus people had set up cam

The sun was straining its last shades of orange across the sky in the west when Gavadiol led the horse he had just bought out of the stable and got ready to ride to town. His father had declined to come along so it would be only him. 
Now that he had calmed down somewhat, he began to slightly regret his morning rant.
But it couldn't be helped. After giving the new horse a good brushing down, it began to look way more presentable. And so Gavadiol decided it might be good to test it out right away and see what it could be useful for. As he mounted, he chuckled to himself at the weird experience earlier at the horse market.
How could he have thought a horse could be speaking to him? Even the so-called connection he felt to the animal seemed kind of foolish now. It was just an ordinary horse, nothing more.
He was eager to get to town now so he did not move as slowly as he had done earlier in

The crowd cheered lustily as Gavadiol stepped back. He had barely broken a sweat.
But now new characters were involving themselves in the situation.
"Make way this instant!" A voice boomed. "What's happening here for goodness sake?"
Gavadiol looked around to see a uniformed man striding up. At the same time, another fellow hurried up from beyond the stage.
"What's happening here?" He echoed. "What have you done with my fire eater? You brute! Sheriff, arrest him."
Gavadiol opened his mouth to defend himself but Terrilo stepped in before he could say a word.
"Manager please you weren't here. Konstantin attacked him first. He was merely defending himself."
There were several loud shouts of assents from the crowd.
"She's right Sheriff!"
"We saw the whole thing unfold."
"The big lad just got his ass handed over to him despite being the instigator!"
Then there were a couple of other comments as well.
"A jolly good scrap if I ever saw one."
"Well done lad, good to know we still h

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